ꠢꠥꠘꠣ
Sylheti
Etymology
Inherited from Magadhi Prakrit 𑀰𑀼𑀡𑁂𑀤𑀺 (śuṇedi), from Sanskrit शृणोति (śṛṇoti).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɦuna/
Verb
ꠢꠥꠘꠣ • (huna)
Conjugation
Impersonal of ꠢꠥꠘꠣ
| Stem | ꠢꠥꠘ hun |
|---|---|
| Gerund | ꠢꠥꠘꠣ huna |
| Infinitive | ꠢꠥꠘꠣ huna |
| Goal | ꠢꠥꠘꠣꠞ ꠟꠣꠉꠤ hunar lagi |
| Agentive | ꠢꠥꠘꠞꠣ ♂, ꠢꠥꠘꠞꠤ ♀ hunra ♂, hunri ♀ |
| Converb | ꠢꠥꠘꠔꠦ hunte |
| Progressive participle | ꠢꠥꠘꠔꠦ ꠢꠥꠘꠔꠦ hunte hunte |
| Conditional participle | ꠢꠥꠘꠟꠦ hunle |
| Perfect participle | ꠢꠥꠘꠤꠀ hunia |
| Habitual participle | ꠢꠥꠘꠤ ꠢꠥꠘꠤ huni huni |
Conjugation of ꠢꠥꠘꠣ
| Person | First person | Second person | Third person | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very faml. & Inferior |
Familiar | Honorific | Familiar | |||
| Singular | ꠀꠝꠤ/ꠝꠥꠁ ami/mui |
ꠔꠥꠁ tui |
ꠔꠥꠝꠤ tumi |
ꠀꠙꠘꠦ afne |
ꠔꠣꠁꠘ tain |
ꠢꠦ ♂, ꠔꠣꠁ ♀ he ♂, tai ♀ |
| Plural | ꠀꠝꠞꠣ amra |
ꠔꠥꠝꠞꠣ tumra |
ꠔꠥꠝꠤꠔꠣꠁꠘ tumitain |
ꠀꠙꠘꠣꠞꠣ/ꠀꠙꠘꠣꠁꠘꠔꠦ afnara/afnainte |
ꠔꠣꠁꠘꠔꠣꠁꠘ taintain |
ꠔꠣꠞꠣ tara |
| Present | ||||||
| Imperfective | ꠢꠥꠘꠤ huni |
ꠢꠥꠘꠌ hunos |
ꠢꠥꠘꠧ huno |
ꠢꠥꠘꠂꠘ hunoin |
ꠢꠥꠘꠦ hune | |
| Continuous | *ꠢꠥꠘꠤꠀꠞ / *ꠢꠥꠘꠤ ꠞꠣꠝ / *ꠢꠥꠘꠤꠔ ꠞꠣꠝ *huniar / *huni ram / *hunit ram |
ꠢꠥꠘꠞꠦ / ꠢꠥꠘꠞꠦ hunre |
ꠢꠥꠘꠞꠣꠄ hunrae |
ꠢꠥꠘꠞꠣ hunra |
ꠢꠥꠘꠦꠞ huner | |
| Perfective | ꠢꠥꠘꠍꠤ hunsi |
ꠢꠥꠘꠍꠌ hunsos |
ꠢꠥꠘꠍꠧ hunso |
ꠢꠥꠘꠍꠂꠘ hunsoin |
ꠢꠥꠘꠍꠦ hunse | |
| Past | ||||||
| Recent | ꠢꠥꠘꠟꠣꠝ hunlam |
ꠢꠥꠘꠟꠦ hunle |
ꠢꠥꠘꠟꠣꠄ hunlae |
ꠢꠥꠘꠟꠣ hunla |
ꠢꠥꠘꠟꠧ hunlo | |
| Distant | ꠢꠥꠘꠍ꠆ꠟꠣꠝ hunslam |
ꠢꠥꠘꠍ꠆ꠟꠦ hunsle |
ꠢꠥꠘꠍ꠆ꠟꠣꠄ hunslae |
ꠢꠥꠘꠍ꠆ꠟꠣ hunsla |
ꠢꠥꠘꠍꠤꠟ hunsil | |
| Continuous | ꠢꠥꠘꠣꠔ ꠀꠍꠟꠣꠝ hunat aslam |
ꠢꠥꠘꠣꠔ ꠀꠍꠟꠦ hunat asle |
ꠢꠥꠘꠣꠔ ꠀꠍꠟꠣꠄ hunat aslae |
ꠢꠥꠘꠣꠔ ꠀꠍꠟꠣ hunat asla |
ꠢꠥꠘꠣꠔ ꠀꠍꠤꠟ hunat asil | |
| Future | ||||||
| Indicative | ꠢꠥꠘꠝꠥ hunmu |
ꠢꠥꠘꠛꠦ hunbe |
ꠢꠥꠘꠛꠣꠄ hunbae |
ꠢꠥꠘꠛꠣ hunba |
ꠢꠥꠘꠛꠧ hunbo | |
| Others | ||||||
| Imperative | — | ꠢꠥꠘ hun |
ꠢꠥꠘꠧ huno |
ꠢꠥꠘꠃꠇꠇꠣ hunoukka |
{{{imp-3}}} {{{imp-3-tr}}} | |
| ❋ Note 1: * = Dialectal | ||||||
| ❋ Note 2: Sylheti is an ergative language. So the 3rd person nouns get the ergative suffix ꠄ (e), which is written with the vowel diacritic ꠦ (e) after a consonant. | ||||||
| ❋ Note 3: There are many dialects of Sylheti. This is just one of those. | ||||||
| ❋ Note 4: Click here to see other personal pronouns with grammatical cases. | ||||||
References
- Gwynn, Roger (2016) “huna”, in Londoni Sylheti dictionary, Part I : Sylheti-English, Middletown, DE: Acre Press.